Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Craig’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 23 later decisions — most recently February 2002
22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McIver v. Gloria · Flanigan v. Carswell · Dallas Railway & Terminal Co. v. Farnsworth · Lockley v. Page · World Oil Co. v. Hicks
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““This subject has been debated extensively and has resulted in some confusion to trial and appellate courts in Texas. It is true that the amount of earnings lost in the past or that will probably be lost in the future are evidentiary of diminished earning power, and such specific evidence is admissible on the issue. But ‘loss of earnings’ or ‘loss of time’ is of no moment unless each is related to the diminished earning capacity of the injured party. If a plaintiff’s earning capacity is not totally destroyed, but only impaired, the extent of his loss can best be shown under the evidence by comparing his actual earnings before and after his injury. McIven v. Gloria, 140 Tex. 566 , 169 S.W.2d 710, 712 . But specific proof of actual earnings and income are evidentiary of the ultimate issue, and the true measure of damages is the diminished earning power or earning capacity of the plaintiff, in the past or in the future, directly resulting from the injuries he sustained in the accident. Dallas Ry. & Terminal Co. v. Guthrie, 146 Tex. 585 , 210 S.W.2d 550, 552 ; Gulf W. T. & P. Ry. Co. v. Abbott, 24 S.W. 299 , 300 (Tex.Civ.App.), no writ; McIver v. Gloria, supra, 169 S.W.2d at p. 713 ; Lockley v. Page, 142 Tex. 594 , 180 S.W.2d 616, 618 ; Green v. Rudsenske, 320 S.W.2d 228, 235-236 (Tex.Civ.App.), no writ. As stated in the latter case, the fact that an employer pays plaintiff’s salary after injury on altruistic motives or for earned time is immaterial so far as plaintiff’s right to”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jones v. Martin“The evidence is to to be viewed most favorably to the award, and in the absence of a showing of passion, prejudice or other improper motive to influence the jury, or unless the verdict is so shockingly and grossly excessive as to indicate such passion and prejudice by reason of the size alone, the amount assessed by the jury will not be set aside. 430 S.W.2d at 578 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.